For those not familiar with the term ransomware trojans basically infect your computer and in the process encrypt your files, change extensions and several types of nasty tricks to them. When done the trojan will typically pop up a dialog demanding cash to return your system to normal.

There is a new one according to a report from Symantec called Ramvicrype Trojan that well encrypt your files and then when you are search for a fix you find yourself directed to a website that will sell you some software to fix the problem. The search will yield the expected results because of the unique file extension the malware uses on the encrypted files.

Using the file extension – *.vicrypt it takes short order to find the solution but Symantec has published a specific utility program to help any victims hit by this trojan.

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